Adhyaya 115

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

Thus the Deities and Manes are to be duly worshipped by the householder by means of the Havya and Xavya offer¬ ings. The guests and kinsmen should be honoured with cooked rice. The living beings, the servants, animals, birds and even ants; the mendicants who beg for alms and all other travellers who come to the house are to be received hospitably. Brahmins observing the disciplined conduct of life of the good should be honoured by the good householder.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

Good conduct should always be preserved by a house¬ holder. There is no welfare here or hereafter to one who is devoid of good conduct. Sacrifices, charitable gifts and austerities are not condu- • cive to the prosperity of the person who transgresses the rules A person who maintains good conduct attains the longe¬ vity of Brahma (?) Virtue and good conduct should always be maintained. Virtue is the symbol of good conduct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

O brahmins, one shall avoid evil utterances, falsehoods and harsh words. He shall eschew ignoble scriptures, evil argu¬ ments and service of ignoble persons. One shall perform Homa both in the evening and in the morning, with perfect restraint over the self. He shall not see sunrise and sunset directly. The following activities should be performed in the forenoon Washing the teeth, applying collyrium, embellish¬ ing the hair, looking into the mirror and the Tarpana rite to the deities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

Faeces should not be discharged on the path leading to the ruial residences, holy centres and fields, nor in a ploughed field, nor in a cowpen. One shall not look at the naked wife of another man; one shall not look at one's own ordure. (One shall avoid) see- ing, touching and talking to a women in her menses. One shall not discharge urine or faeces into the waters (of a tank etc.). Nor should one indulge in sexual intercourse under water. One shall not stand on faeces and urine nor on hairs or ashes. One shall not stand over the sharp edge of any cutting instrument.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

An intelligent man shall not stand on scattered husk, burning coal, bits of ropes, clothes etc. on the road or in a ground. After performing the rite of worship of the Pitfs, Devas, human beings and other living beings, the householder deserves to take food in accordance with his affluence. After performing the Acamana rite, after restricting unnecessary talk, the man shall remain pure. He shall sit fac¬ ing the East or the North and take food with the mind therein. He shall keep the hands between the knees.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

Except in the case of utter destruction of food, the wise man shall not complain about the defects of food at the time of taking it. One shall avoid taking salt directly (i.e. salt should be mixed with food and then taken in). He shall avoid the leavings of food also. An intelligent man shall talk in a way favourable to them (i.e. elderly persons). He shall follow them. He shall not act against them. One shall avoid studying the Vedas during the holi¬ days. One shall never disregard or insult brahmins, fires, cows and the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

One shall discharge faeces and urine facing the north during the day and facing the south during the night. During distress he shall discharge them as he pleases. One shall not speak out the misdeeds of the precep¬ tor. If he is angry, one shall propitiate him. One shall not listen to others who slander him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

One shall avoid taking oil bath or indulging j„ scxua, intercourse with women on the eighth, fourteenth and Bftecnth lunations as well as on Parvan days. No wise man shall ever stand with arms and upper leg A wise man should not drag a seat with his leg and sit thereon. One shall not prepare a cake of wheat flour or a dish of rice and peas mixed together or meat solely for oneself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

One shall never wear a red, or a black cloth nor one of variegated colour. No one shall exchange clothes or orna¬ ments (with others). A man shall never take in salt directly. O brahmins, a foodstuff that has been left over for a long time, that has be¬ come dry or that has become stale should be eschewed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

One shall not grind one's teeth, nor beat one's own body. While sleeping, meditating or taking food, one shall eschew the self-study of the Vedas. One shall protect one's wife. One shall avoid jealousy as well as sleeping and indulgence in sexual intercourse during the day. One shall eschew infliction of pain on animals, and all other activities that cause distress and sorrow to others. In the case of the people of all castes, a woman in her monthly course should be avoided for the first four nights. To prevent the birth of a female child, one shall avoid the fifth night also.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

Thereafter he shall carnally approach her on the sixth night or other excellent nights even in number. Boys will be Unrighteous persons indulge in sexual intercourse on Parvan and other days and impotent persons during dusk time. A clever man shall avoid Rikta days.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

Even if rude people speak a lot, one shall never lisen to them. After shaving, vomitting or sexual intercourse with a woman an intelligent person shall take bath along with the clothe worn. He shall take bath also after going to the cremation ground. One shall stand up while meeting friends, persons who are initiated, kings, religious students who have finished studies and become householders and the father-in-law. When they come to one's house one shall greet them in accordance with one's affluences.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

O brahmins, after honouring and worshipping them in accordance with his capacity he shall bid them farewell to their respective places, after they had stayed for a year. No shrewd man shall hold water and fire together. One shall not stretch one's legs in front of one's preceptors, Devas, Pitrs and brahmins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

One should not look at a cow suckling her calf; one should not drink water with the palms joined together to form a cup; an intelligent man shall not cause delay in the short and long periods of cleaning. One shall not blow fire with the mouth. O brahmins, one should not stay in a place where the following four are not present, viz. one who offers debt; a physician, a brahmin well-versed in the Vedas and a river abound¬ ing in water. An intelligent man shall always stay there where the king is strong, interested in virtue and has conquered his ser¬ vants. Whence can one have happiness if the king is bad.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

A shrewd man shall live in that country where the husbandmen are generally not very arrogant* and where all medi¬ cines are available. O brahmins, one shall not stay in that place where the following three exist together: one who is eager to conquer; a previous enemy and people who continuously celebrate the festivals.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

A learned man shall stay among his fellow travellers of very good conduct. One shall always stay at a place where the king cannot be thwarted and where the earth yields plenty of vegetables. Thus, O brahmins, everything has been mentioned by me for the welfare of you all. Henceforth I shall state the rules of procedure regarding the food-intake. Cooked rice, though stale, can be taken in if it is soak¬ ed in oil. It can be kept thus for a long time. Wheat products, barley products and milk products, kept for a long time can be eaten even if they are devoid of oiliness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

The following can be eaten: hare, tortoise, alliga¬ tor, porcupine and the fish with darts (?) The village boar and the cock should be avoided. In the following circumstances, even if one eats meat, one is not defiled: if it is the remnant/ of offerings unto the Pitrs, Devas etc. or if it is cooked in Sraddha at the request of the brahmins and is sprinkled with holy water or if it is taken as a medicine.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

The cleansing of stony vessels may be with water or by scrubbing with a stone. The cleansing of oily vessels is by means of hot water. The flowing waters devoid of odour are pure. A plot of land becomes pure by the efflux of time, by being burnt, by being swept or when herds of cows pass over it. One shall take bath in natural water reservoirs (lite¬ rally, those dug by gods), in eddies and Ganga (and other) rivers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

(In similar circumstances) a Ksatriya shall remain without performing the Nitya rites for twelve days, a Vaisyafor half a month and a Sudra for a month. After the rite of Sancayana (collection of bones after cremation) the touch of their limbs is laid down in the Sastras. The rites should be performed by the members of the Gotra, after the rite of Sancayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम बोले भोगकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले जीवोंको मनोवाञ्छित भोग प्रदान करनेके लिये

English

Thereafter the rite of Ekoddista Sraddha should be performed by learned men in regard to the dead man and gifts should be given to the brahmins. When the days are completed the people shall touch water by their vehicles and weapons. After giving water liba¬ tions and Pindas to the dead men people of all castes would have fulfilled all their due rites. They shall perform all rites maintaining purity for prosperity here and hereafter. The Vedas should be studied everyday. One should try to be a learned scholar.